PRESS RELEASE Animal wellness groups pleased to hear commissioner question ‘fair chase’ and clarify recreational hunting is not necessary for ‘population control.’ Agency must now invest in lion’s beneficial role for healthy ecosystems, groups say Lafayette, CO — Animal wellness groups are pleased to see evidence Friday that Proposition 127 is already resulting in greater … Read more
PRESS RELEASE CPW should first act with due haste to end bobcat hounding and baited trapping, with no justification for either cruel practice, and then end hounding of mountain lions Grand Lake, CO — Leaders from Cats Aren’t Trophies called on Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners and staff leadership at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to act with … Read more
PRESS RELEASE The ‘Yes on 127’ Campaign’s Largest Donor is Weld County-Based The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Non-Profit Animal Wellness Groups with a Range of Professional Scientists on Staff, and more than 1,000 Local Colorado Donors Grand Lake, CO – The leading opponents of Prop 127, according to campaign finance reports and daily reporting requirements, are … Read more
You can listen to this article here: Among the most influential voices urging a “Yes” vote on Prop 127 in Colorado is Dan Ashe. He is a lifelong hunter, and most importantly in a debate that deals with wildlife policy, he is a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2010-2016) and a … Read more
PRESS RELEASE ‘Opponents of Prop 127 are deceiving you’ Col. Pool explains, joining wildlife professionals calling out anti-127 campaigners whose trophy hunting program is impairing the work of mountain lions to cleanse deadly disease from deer and elk herds Grand Lake, CO — Col. Tom Pool, DVM, MPH, a former leader of the tri-service U.S. … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Prop 127 offers real science, while opponents offer meaningless words. Campaign calls out opposition to “Show the Voters Your Science.’ Grand Lake, CO — Three-time Denver Broncos Super Bowl player Mark Jackson, along with southwest Colorado resident and acclaimed actress Daryl Hannah, and three current members and one former chairman of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Campaign finance update shows NRA, political group fund opposition, while The Wild Animal Sanctuary is Prop 127’s largest funder Grand Lake, CO – Today 119 of Colorado’s veterinarians released a public letter to support a ‘YES’ vote on Proposition 127, a state ballot measure to protect mountain lions and bobcats from inhumane hound … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Vice chair and PhD biologist Richard Reading joins former Chair James Pribyl and current CPW Commissioners Jack Murphy and Jessica Beaulieu in stating that highly commercialized trapping and trophy hunting of big cats violates key tenets of wildlife management — Over the weekend, four of Colorado’s leading wildlife policymakers issued public statements urging … Read more
Press Release California’s 52-years without lion trophy hunting, shows stable populations, not increasing, as live evidence CATs announces largest donor at $850,000, is Weld County-based The Wild Animal Sanctuary (TWAS), led by founder Pat Craig Grand Lake, CO — This past week Colorado mainstream news reporters interviewing wildlife managers show the forthcoming decision on Proposition 127/Cats Aren’t … Read more
Trophy hunters want to cover up their annual trophy hunting take of more than 1,000 shy and elusive mountain lions and bobcats, who deliver ecosystem services and disease control valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars to Colorado You can listen to this article here: Opponents of Prop 127 — the measure to halt … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum and an actor and a scientist of legendary repute endorse ballot measure to stop cruel killing of native cats for their heads and beautiful coats Grand Lake, CO — Native wild cats picked up support from two Colorado politicians known to occupy opposite ends of … Read more
PRESS RELEASE 80% of Coloradans disapprove of killing mountain lions for hides or fur and 88% oppose hounding of native cats Colorado — According to faculty at Colorado State University studying human dimensions of wildlife, 78% of Coloradans disapprove of trophy hunting of mountain lions, while a staggering 88% oppose the use of dogs in … Read more
Press Release Trophy hunters kill adult mountain lions experienced in killing traditional prey, impairing big cats from removing neurologically impaired deer and elk Colorado — A new report by Jim Keen, DVM, PhD, a former USDA veterinarian and infectious disease scientist, reveals that mountain lions play a key role in reducing the spread and the … Read more
Colorado District Attorneys’ Association has swung behind a national bill, called the FIGHT Act, to provide more tools for law enforcement to crack down on animal-fighting crimes. Denver—The weekend arrest of an Adams County man on cockfighting-related charges underscores the persistence of cockfighting and highlights the need for robust enforcement and perfection of federal and … Read more
PRESS RELEASE Measure designed to stop the use of packs of dogs and traps to kill mountain lions, bobcats, and lynx for their heads and their fur. Measure allows lethal control of any nuisance cats when warranted Colorado — Volunteers with Cats Aren’t Trophies, a statewide political committee and coalition seeking to qualify and pass … Read more
This Case Reminds Us Some People Have No Regard for Lives of Wild Animals, Groups Say Colorado — Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy issued this statement regarding news that a Colorado man has been arrested on a felony charge and several misdemeanors for illegally shooting and killing a sow bear … Read more
Governor’s picks have long track records that show integrity and dedication to a healthy Colorado for all citizens Colorado — Today, Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy of Colorado issued a statement on news that Jack Murphy and Gary Skiba have been appointed to our state Parks and Wildlife Commission. Murphy has been running a wildlife … Read more
Press Release Today Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation called on the Bureau of Land Management to suspend its wild horse and burro gather operations in the wake of a BLM announcement of an unexplained outbreak of infectious disease that has claimed the lives of at least … Read more